personal property

Example Sentences

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Bolsonaro’s attorney Frederick Wassef said in a statement on March 7 that the former president “officially declared personal property received on trips,” and is the target of political persecution.

From Seattle Times

Delaware law says that personal property is only deemed abandoned after one year, and that certain steps have to be taken, such as posting public notices asking that the owner retrieve the property.

From Washington Post

Mr. Heidemann objected to the classification of embryos as personal property, saying they could not be divided equally, appraised or sold because each one was unique.

From New York Times

While Trump intended to keep the documents — he’s argued, in apparent disregard of the Presidential Records Act, that they were his personal property — he was hardly the first president to mishandle classified information.

From Seattle Times

That contrasts with Mr. Trump, who has insisted the documents are his personal property and repeatedly refused to give them back.

From Washington Times